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- noun idiomatic A
benefit that is also aliability , or that carries some significant but non-obviouscost orrisk .
Etymologies
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From the notion that two sides of the same blade are sharp — it cuts both ways. Its origin is from the same Arabic expression سيف ذو حدين (sayf zou hadayn, "double-edged sword"). The term is first attested in the 15th century. It is not to be confused with a double-ended sword.
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